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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Learning Curve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sedaris confesses his desire to perform what songs before an audience?
(a) Pop songs.
(b) Commercial jingles.
(c) Blues classics.
(d) Jazz classics.

2. Sedaris' mother might be described as
(a) Visionary.
(b) Pragmatic.
(c) An inventor.
(d) A theorist.

3. Ironically, Sedaris and his siblings mock the fisherman's tan skin because
(a) It does not take the same kind of effort to achieve.
(b) It has been ruined by saltwater.
(c) It looks fake.
(d) It looks hard and leathery.

4. Sedaris' enjoyment of the ocean was ruined by
(a) His mother's comparing it to a saltwater toilet.
(b) His interest in sun-bathing.
(c) His father's explanation of the tides.
(d) His experiences swimming in it.

5. What Sedaris admires in his sister Gretchen is
(a) Her own personality.
(b) Her admission to art school.
(c) Her talent as a sculptor.
(d) Her indifference to art.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedaris justifies viewing soap operas in class by

2. The dog Mr. and Mrs. Sedaris coddled as empty-nesters was

3. How does Sedaris prepare to teach his workshop?

4. Sedaris resents his father's approach toward art because

5. Two extreme facets of Paul's personality are

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